Garment cover and the method of constructing the same



Sept. 5, 1939. M. KATZ 2,172,206

GARMENT COVER AND THE METHOD QF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME Filed Feb. 16,1938I INVENTOR filo/awe A7772 avgi ATTORN Y Patented Sept. 5, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT COVER AND' THE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME Claims.

This invention relates to devices for use upon garments and otherarticles of apparel when suspended from a hanger for protecting the top,shoulder and neck portions of the garment or 5 other article of apparel,especially in the storage and display thereof, and the object of theinvention is to provide a cover of the class described formed fromasubstantially rectangular sheet of paper or other thin material, foldedand secured together to form front and rear portions joined at the upperedge with an opening for receiving a garment hanger hook, one sideportion of the cover being formed from an uninterrupted portion of thesheet, whereas the other side portion thereof consisting of opposedsides of the sheet are brought together and have overlapping cornerportions which are glued or otherwise secured together so as to formdownwardly extending and substantially pointed ends to the separateparts forming the last mentioned side portion of the cover, a furtherobject being to provide a cover of the class described, the first namedside portion of which includes a protruding ticket portion joining thecover in a rupturable or perforated line whereby the ticket may beremoved whenever desired, a further object being to provide a device ofthe'character described which, by virtue of the method of itsconstruction, is formed from an elongated strip of material which is socut as to form a successive series of covers from waste of suchmaterial, and still further to a method of creasing, folding andsecuring the parts of the blank together in forming the cover as morefully hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, .ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which: V s

Fig. 1 is a front view of one form of my device made according to myinvention and diagrammaticallyillustrating the method of its use. Fig.2is a plan view of a blank from which the device shown in Fig. 1 isformed.

Fig. 3 is a partial section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. lis a view similar to Fig. 1 showing an- 505: other form ofconstruction, and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank from device shown in Fig. 4., isformed.

In the storage and display of garments and other articles of apparel itis customary to arrang'e the same upon hangers supported on a which thethe material of the strip without anyrack or other mounting in displaycabinets, in closets, on racks, and in like places, both in thecommercial display of merchandise of this kind as well as in the storageof apparel in closets or wardrobes in the home. The purpose of myinvention is to provide a covering or shield for the upper shoulder andneck portions of garments or apparel, supported or suspended in thismanner, to eliminate the collection of dust thereon. In view of theextensive possible use for devices of this kind, it is desirable toproduce the same as economically as possible in order .that a relativelylarge number of the devices may be sold at a reasonable price, not onlyfor the commercial use of the display, but also for the home usethereof.

To accomplish the results above claimed, I have conceived a method of socutting each sheet, from which the complete device is formed, from anelongated strip of paper or other material, so as to eliminate allwaste, and to effectively utilize every'portion of the sheet in theresulting blank to produce the desired function in the resultingarticle.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing I have indicated at H] in dotted lines, a stripor sheet of suitable paper. At H I have shown one of the successiveseries of blanks which are cut from the strip In. One edge I2 of theblank has a central rectangular notch l3 extending approximatelyone-third the way across the main body portion of the blank. The notchor recess portion l3 forms on the other edge [4 of a previous blank, aticket or tab l5 joining the edge M in a rupturable or perforated linel6 whereby the ticket l5 may be removed whenever desired. This ticketmay have printed or otherwise applied thereto any indicia which may bedesired.

The sides of the blank at the ends of the edge I2 terminate inprojecting pointed flags H which serve to protect a greater portion ofthe garment as will appear from a consideration of Fig. 10f the drawing.The size of these flaps may be varied to suit diiferent uses for whichthe resulting device or devices are intended. The formation of the flapsl1 upon the edge I2 of the blank will result in angular or beveledcorners These beveled and will l8 at the ends of the edge I4. cornerswill produce a neater appearance substantially parallel other edges ofthe complete device as seen in Fig. 1. In addition to producing a neaterappearance these beveled corners will obviate folding or wrinkling ofthe cover when placing two garments side by side, especially upon acrowded or congested rack.

In forming the blank ll two creases l9 and 20 are formed thereinextending from the edge M to the side edges of the blank in the angulararrangement shown in Fig. 1, so that in the successive steps of themethod in forming the complete device, side portions 2| and 22 may befolded inwardly upon a part 23 in the manner shown in Fig. 1, with acorner portion 24 arranged over a corner portion 25. Prior to thisoperation a section of glue or other adhesive 26 is applied to one ofthe corner portions 24, 25, the corner portion 24 in the constructionshown, so that said overlapped corner portions will be secured togetherin the manner indicated in Fig. 1. In fact, the application of the glue26 may be applied to the sheet prior to die cutting the same.

In this connection it will be understood that the cover devices areproduced automatically in a successive series of operations in asuitable machine into which the strip ID is fed. The glue is applied,the blanks I I cut and then folded and creased along the lines I9 and 20producing the result shown in Fig. 1. After this, the resulting devicesmay be bundled or packed for shipment and in some cases the same may befolded upon itself a number of times to form smaller packages. Thelatter would be especially desirable in retailing a. half-dozen or dozenof the devices for domestic use.

It will be understood that in folding and securing the parts 2| and 22together, an opening 21 is formed at the top of the device through whicha hook 28 of a garment hanger 29 may be passed in the manner illustratedin Fig. 1. In said figure I have indicated in dotted lines at 3B theupper portion of a garment arranged upon the hanger and supported withinthe cover or shield.

It will be understood that the device may be arranged in any manner uponthe garment, but for the sake of description, the part 23 will be saidto cover the back of the garment and the parts 2! and 22 collectivelycovering the front of the garment.

In a device of the character described it is primarily important thatthe shoulders and neck of the garment be protected. However, with myconstruction the cover or shield extends downwardly, at the back as wellas at the front of the garment to provide a relatively large shieldingarea which will, to a great degree, prevent the collection of dust uponany part of the garment.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing I have shown a slightmodificaticnwherein a blank Hat is formed from a strip [Ba and is cut to form anotch or recess l3a and resulting ticket or tab l5a. The blank Ha isscored as seen at 19a and 28a, all substantially as seen in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing. The adhesive is indicated at Zita. In other words, the onlydifierence between the structure shown in Fig. 5 and that shown in Fig.2 is in omitting the flaps II and the resulting beveled corners E3 onthe complete device, thus producing on the finished device the resultsubstantially the same as that illustrated in Fig. 4. An opening 21a isformed in the top of thedevice similar to the opening 27, and the sideportions 21a and 22a will have their corners 24a, 25a overlapped andsecured together as in the construction shown in Fig. l. The type ofstructure shown in Figs. 4 and 5 would be desirable for use on largergarments, such as overcoats and the like to give greater protection tothe shoulder portions of the garment. However, with lighter materialsand smaller garments, the structure shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing ismore desirable for the reasons stated.

It will be understood that the device may be made from any kind or classof sheet material, including Cellophane and similar transparentmaterials or semitransparent or translucent materials, as well as fromlightweight papers of any kind or class which may be printed orotherwise characterized to give attractive appearance thereto.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters- Patent, is:

1. Ihe herein described method of forming garment covers of the classdescribed, which consists in providing an elongated strip of sheetmaterial, successively cutting and scoring said sheet to form a blankhaving a notch centrally of one edge, a projecting ticket centrally ofthe opposed edge, and diverging score lines extending from the base ofthe notch to opposite sides of said blank forming foldable side parts atopposite sides of the notch in said blank, then folding the blank onsaid score lines to bring said side parts one upon the other and uponthe body of the blank with adjacent corner portions of said partsarranged in overlapped relation to each other, securing said overlappedcorner portions together to form the resulting garment cover, thenforming another garment cover blank from the next section of the sheet,and forming the notch of the second blank by the ticketed portion of thepreceding blank to eliminate any waste of material in the production ofa successive series of devices.

2. The herein described method of forming garment covers of the classdescribed, which consists in providing an elongated strip of sheetmaterial, successively cutting and scoring said sheet to form a blankhaving a. notch centrally of one edge, a projecting ticket centrally ofthe opposed edge, and diverging score lines extending from the base ofthe notch to opposite sides of said blank, forming foldable side partsat opposite sides of the notch in said blank, then folding the blank onsaid score lines to bring said side parts one upon the other and uponthe body of the blank with adjacent corner portions of said partsarranged in overlapped relation to each other, securing saidoverlappedcorner portions together to form the resulting garment cover,then forming another garment cover blank from the next section of thesheet, forming the notch of the second blank by the ticketed portion ofthe preceding blank to eliminate any waste of material in the productionof a successive series of devices, and so cutting each blank as to formprojecting flaps at the first named edge thereof and correspondinglybeveled corners at the other edge thereof.

3. The herein described method of forming garment covers of the classdescribedwhich consists in automatically cutting and scoring asuccessive series of blanks from an elongated strip of sheet materialwithout producing any waste of the material of said sheet, then shapingeach blank so as to produce front and rear portions of a garment coverjoined in diverging. upper edges terminating centrally in an opening,forming thefront portion of the cover from separate side parts of theblank, and overlapping and securing portions of said parts together informing said cover.

4. A garment cover of the class described formed from a singlesubstantially rectangular sheet of material, the side edges of saidsheet being parallel, and the upper and lower edges being parallelthrough the greater portion of their length and perpendicular to saidside edges, the lower edge of said sheet having a projecting portioncentrally thereof and the upper edge of said sheet having a.correspondingly shaped notched portion, said sheet being scored indiverging lines from said notch to corresponding points approximatelycentrally of said side edges to form parts foldable upon the remainderof the sheet, said parts overlapping at corner portions thereof, saidcorner portions being secured together forming of the complete device acover having a central opening at the top thereof, and the projectingportion of said sheet forming a ticket joining the sheet in a perforatedline permitting removal thereof.

5. A garment cover of the class described formed from a substantiallyrectangular sheet of material} one edge portion of the sheet having apredetermined irregular contour including a projecting portion centrallyof said edge, and the opposed edge of said sheet having a similarlyirregular contour including a notched portion centrally thereof, theside edges of said sheet intermediate said irregular opposed edges beingparallel, and said sheet being scored in diverging lines from said notchto corresponding points approximately centrally of said side edges, theportion of said sheet between said score lines forming the back wall ofsaid cover, the other portions of said sheet outwardly of said scorelines being arranged over said back wall with adjacent'corners of saidportions overlapped and secured together to form a front wall for thecover, said front wall having an opening centrally of the upper edgethereof, and the other free corners of said portions outwardly of saidscore lines extending slightly below the lower edge of said rear wall atpoints intermediate the side edges and projecting central portion ofsaid rear wall.

MORRIS KATZ.

